How To Reset Forgotten Nokia Security Code

Every Nokia phone comes with default code 12345. If you care about security of your phone or personal information like contacts, photos or anything important that you put on your handset, this code can be essential. You can set your phone to lock on SIM card changes. You can also use this code on your key guard. However, some models may not support this feature. In that case you can use mobile anti-virus software to enable it.

So it’s important change default code & uses it for security. But lots of people tend to forget this code because they don’t use it so often. And once forgotten Nokia won’t help you to recover it.

USE NOKIA ‘HARD RESET’ TO RESET SECURITY CODE

This is not same as factory settings found on phone settings. As name suggests it’s a hard reset & very hard to execute with two hands:).

Note: This will delete everything on your phone memory. So if you have access to phone (Phone is not locked), Please backup data. And also make sure phone battery is full before performing hard reset. tjosm.com is not responsible for any data lose.

Ensuring phone is turned off, press & hold below 3 keys simultaneously,

For classic style phones

• Call key + Asterisk key (*) + Number Three (3)

For full Touch Phones

• Call key + End key + Camera-capture key

For Touch Phones with Qwerty keyboard

• LEFT SHIFT key + SPACEBAR key + BACK key

For SYMBIAN^3 phones (Nokia N8, C7, E7, C6-01, X7, E6)

• Volume Down Key + Camera Key + Menu Key

Ensuring that above keys are being pressed, Press & hold Power button until you see message “Formatting” on your screen. Release all keys & wait for formatting to be completed. Once completed, Phone is like just out of the box. Not physically though. Most importantly, your security code is now reset to default. Which means 12345